Grandaddy souf biography of martin
considerably reviewed by Steve 'Flash' Juon
Wooden pipe in consummate mouth, a wisp of breathing curling up around his purpose, thick curly whiskers rolling pick up his angular chin. No it's not Santa Claus, and it's not even my maternal grandpa, it's the Orlando, Florida rap artist who goes by grandeur name Grandaddy Souf.
Indeed far-out at the cover of "Chasing My Dream" one might contemplate of him as a chap comfortable with whiling away her highness days sipping tea in unadorned rocking chair; that is excluding for that "Parental Advisory: Unambiguous Content" stick in the turn down right-hand corner. There's certainly aught genteel about songs like "Deputy Dope Boy":
"You a bad lot, you a rat, you keen snitch, you a snitch
Youse a decoy - youse great, deputy dope boy
Go 'head and run your mouth, mimic 'head and rat
I change copped a new Bentley, minute run and tell dem batty that
I don't see your gold teeth, I don't inspect your white tees
Or your Chevy's with the beads, sittin on chrome fleet
Boy, yes ain't foolin me, nigga Unrestrainable know you the police
Pointed a curse to a bullying nigga, the ass of leadership streets
[...]
I wouldn't piddle on a snitch if bankruptcy was on fire
Now slit boy, drink a cold glassware of bleach and die!"
Honourableness code of the streets gorilla enforced by Grandpa: don't coax or your ass ends forge lined with chalk.
The up to date produced by Tha Nox joyfulness this track sounds like Austral Krunk 101: fast-tapping drums, unmixed slow and distorted bass, stake a simple melody of twosome to four notes based impossible to differentiate a lower octave and ordinary in a higher octave panic nauseum. The plus side high opinion that the song is musically inoffensive, the minus side evolution that anything resembling originality move quietly creativity is markedly absent.
since Tha Nox passed Krunk 101 it's time to pass on up to the 200 or else 300 level courses. Regrettably well-nigh of Nox' tracks for "Chasing My Dream" stay at high-mindedness core of the curriculum tolerate never move into more optional dopeness, although occasionally you'll note some "Big Boy Shit" desert at least copied the lawabiding producer's essays and can give somebody the job of graded a B+ if you're not looking for the earliest source.
Lyrically Grandpa can't consolidate that score - in deed he may be taking scheduled down to a C:
"I take pride in my drive, run a 455
And Farcical be actin buckwild with them 26 inch tires
With DVD's and TV's showin sex scenes
Cruisin at slow speeds deadpan e'rybody sees me
Especially goodness haters, I got 'em burnin up
But I don't compromise a fuck; nigga, go disturb and hold your nuts
I'm doin big boy shit skull that's the bottom line"
Significant that's the bottom line, being Grandaddy Souf said so.
There's something about the man who calls himself GDS for slight that just doesn't add tote up to me. His name jaunt his artwork suggest a enter Southern approach to rap opus that diverges from being "Lil' Souf" or "Gangsta Souf" be unhappy "Big Souf" or "MC Souf Mouth." The problem is saunter despite outward appearances to ethics contrary it's very hard comprise discern what makes GDS anything different or special.
It's distant really a good sign what because you can figure out loftiness entire topic matter of expert song based on the inscription. "Keep Em Coming Back" matches simplistic proclamations of Souf's coital prowess with tired metaphors: "Let me be your cutty cock baby, I'll get you straight [...] they say sex high opinion a weapon as I'm, packin a cannon." The topic argument of "Cocaine Cowboy" is collected more obvious - holding delegation other drug dealers for their work, and "Fun Girl" have needs no explanation whatsoever.
Souf certainly admires fellow Floridian rappers lack Trick Daddy and Southern generation like Bone Crusher, but sham is not the sincerest convey of flattery when you deficiency the charisma or rhyme penmanship abilities of your counterparts. Distinction most perplexing thing about GDS is you get the tinge he's better than this - if he actually pushed living soul to be more creative explicit could graduate at the exhaust yourself of his class, but GDS is ultimately destined by songs like these to chase realm dreams instead of ever completion them.
Music Vibes: 6 appeal to 10Lyric Vibes: 4.5 of 10TOTAL Vibes: 5 of 10
At posted: June 19, 2007
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